A rendering of a new Walmart Supercenter concept
Walmart currently has roughly 4,600 US stores and employs 1.6 million people.
  • Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, is about to get even bigger in the US.
  • The company announced it plans to add or convert more than 150 locations over the next five years.
  • It will also upgrade 650 locations this year to its "store of the future" concept.

The world's largest retailer is growing again in the US.

Walmart announced Wednesday it will "build or convert" more than 150 stores across the country over the next five years.